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I've always enjoyed the odd Blink 182 single. But I picked this up cheaply on a whim yesterday and they were a really good singles band. Admittedly I only bought it because i was so coaxed by curiousity to hear their cover of 'Another Girl, Another Planet', which is, uh...not great.

Good collection though.

― Googley Asearch (Toaster), Thursday, 3 November 2005 19:57 (twenty years ago)

Like a 9.7, 9.8.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

IN HELL.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:15 (twenty years ago)

"I'm Feeling This" I was surprised to like a lot, still not sure about the rest...

― JoB (JoB), Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

do Blink-182 do the heavy drugs like the Only Ones?

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:29 (twenty years ago)

No, the drummer heard it a few years ago and it's his favorite song (Thanks Q or Mojo for that factoid)

I like some Blink-182 singles as well. I feel they'll be like the Knack in twenty years.

― Cunga (Cunga), Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

I actually WANTED to like this, but I haven't been able to get through it. I really don't mind the Only Ones cover, and the two really big hits toward the beginning ("All the Small Things," and uh, the other one) are still really good, but beyond that I'm drawing a blank. I think I just really can't stand that Peter Brady going through puberty pop-punk whine. But I also wonder whether these guys really only had a couple good singles in them - this CD just drags on and on, and I get the idea that most of these songs were never really hits, maybe because they weren't catchy enough. Unless the for the past couple years all their singles just wound up on modern rock radio out of sheer momentum, programmer laziness, payola, whatever. But who knows, maybe it'll grow on me. As is, nowhere near as good as the Destiny's Child, Offspring, *NSync, or TLC best-ofs (in more or less that order) that've come out in the past couple months.

― xhuxk, Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

It's better than the Offspring one! That's got some turgid shit on it.

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

First half of the Offspring is GREAT. Second half is good. Blink 182 just sound completely thin compared to those guys. Dexter was a way better singer, and their sound just had way more power to it. But then again, I like hard rock more and pop punk less than Anthony does.

― xhuxk, Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)

aside from a few blitzes, when the Offspring weren't making meaner Wierd Al songs they were just bad grunge.

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:52 (twenty years ago)

oh, and I like the meaner Wierd Al songs.

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:52 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, the Offspring haven't more than one good single per album since '97, maybe even '94. The Blink is great through and through. The only song on it that I don't love (except for maybe the first two, which I'm still working on) is "First Date," because it makes too explicit the naive aw-shucks sweetness already fairly apparent on their other, better singles.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:53 (twenty years ago)

I mean, I actually sometimes *like* the Offspring's turgid shit; when they tried to sound grunge, they wound up sounding more like glam or Bad Company or something. (I'm thinking "Gotta Get Away", stuff like that. I *think* they were trying to sound grunge there.) I also like their song that sounds exactly like .38 Special, whatever it's called (but I don't think that one made the best-of; I'd have to go check).

xp (believe it or not!)

― xhuxk, Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

"I Choose" is kinda .38 Special-ish. If it's not that I have no idea.

I'm sorta curious about that N Sync best of. Is it a solid listen, or is there a "God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You" for every "Tearin' Up My Heart"?

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:56 (twenty years ago)

and actually there's a few Blink-182 singles I don't dig (I hate "What's My Age Again?") and I don't really care about hearing the new shit, but they never were as much of a chore to listen to as the Offspring were with stuff like "Defy You."

I'd be curious to hear the .38 special sounding track, but actually I don't even like "Self-Esteem"! The Americana singles and "Hit That" are the only ones I really want to hear again. Maybe "I Want You Bad" too, but certainly not "Original Prankster."

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:58 (twenty years ago)

Actually is "I Want You Bad" the .38 special-like track? It has a similar pine as "Caught Up In You," "Hold On Loosely" and all those.

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:59 (twenty years ago)

Yes there is, and yes it's a fairly solid listen anyway. (And I found out I don't mind "God I Must've Etc" as much as I figured I would.)

I like "What's My Age Again" way more than "Hit That," oddly enough!

― xhuxk, Thursday, 3 November 2005 20:59 (twenty years ago)

and actually there's a few Blink-182 singles I don't dig (I hate "What's My Age Again?") and I don't really care about hearing the new shit, but they never were as much of a chore to listen to as the Offspring were with stuff like "Defy You."

I used to hate "What's My Age Again," but listening to it again convinced me that I've been listening to it the wrong way for six years and it's actually pretty good (though not as good as the singles it's sandwiched between, obv.) And the new shit's pretty good, actually.

Isn't "I Want You Bad" a Hoodoo Gurus cover? It's a cover of someone. I doubt that's what he's thinking of.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

And I LOVE "Self Esteem."

The .38 Speicalish one was on *Americana,* or whatever that album was called, I think. I need to go back and figure out what it was called, since I haven't listened to that album in eons. But yeah, whatever it was, it completely stole the melody from "Hold On Loosely, I think.

― xhuxk, Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:01 (twenty years ago)

I'm curious, Anthony, does your Americana love extend to what is quite arguably the worst song of all-time, "Why Don't You Get a Job"? What about the video?

(also, "Hit That" = awesome)

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:02 (twenty years ago)

oh shit, it's "She's Got Issues"!!!!! That's right, it has practically the exact same riff as "Hold on Loosely".

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:03 (twenty years ago)

sucks, though.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:03 (twenty years ago)

"What's My Age Again?" crosses some i'm-a-stinker asshole barrier lyrically that I can't stomach.

I love "Why Don't You Get A Job"! The video well who gives a shit, but the song is a fine "Ob-la-di Ob-la-da" rip that means I never need to liten to the original.

"I Want You Bad" is an original. The Hooters never used the phrase "naked, x-rated" in a chorus.

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:05 (twenty years ago)

Blink 182 are, generally, one of my most hated bands ever, most of their singles make me want to kill everyone.

Except "Apple Shampoo" and "I Miss You", both of which are absolutely godlike. And "M&Ms" is good too.

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:05 (twenty years ago)

"I Want You Bad" is an original. The Hooters never used the phrase "naked, x-rated" in a chorus.

Yeah, I was way off.

"Why Don't You Get a Job" is about a million times more unstomachable than "What's My Age Again". The sentiment of the song is mind-numbing, the vocal is chilling (in the bad way, obv.) and the video...well, if you can manage to listen to the song without picturing it in your head, then I guess maybe that could help explain why you can still listen to it. Some of us aren't quite so fortunate.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:14 (twenty years ago)

I barely remember Blink 182 videos at all (since I was barely watching MTV in those days), and don't really remember any Offspring ones after their first album. Not sure I ever even saw one for "Pretty Fly for a White Guy," come to think of it.

I always really enjoyed the Offspring's totally gratuitous and pandering incorporation of East LA surf-music/barrio-rock sonic signifiers, too (which idea I'm sure they got from some obscure Orange County punk legends I never listened to much, but who cares.)

And yeah, "She's Got Issues" was the .38 Special one. Worth it for the sound alone (though I don't remember hating the sentiments, either.)

― xhuxk, Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:20 (twenty years ago)

which idea I'm sure they got from some obscure Orange County punk legends I never listened to much, but who cares

The Agent Orange/Vandals wars are legendary. If you are in Agent Orange or the Vandals.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:21 (twenty years ago)

didn't the Circle Jerks sue them for stealing that surf lick? I don't think those traits are any more obscure than the Repo Man soundtrack, though yeah the Offspring gave them a nice polish, which obv I have no problem with.

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:22 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, they were probably all invented by the Plugz!

― xhuxk, Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

didn't the Circle Jerks sue them for stealing that surf lick?

Agent Orange (well, Mike Palm) did the suing, but frankly it's all back to Dick Dale at this point.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

I think "Pretty Fly for a White Guy" is a much worse song than "Get a Job," not that I like that one much either. I'd say their best moment is "Self Esteem" and I can't really think of many songs I like beyond that.

As for Blink, "All the Small Things" is totally classic, they have some other good moments too, but I think Xhuxk is right about the voice being an aggravating factor in most cases.

― deej.. (deej..), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:27 (twenty years ago)

the only time the voice is an "aggravating factor" on the hits is that initial "WHERE ARE YEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW" on "I Miss You". Everything else is butter.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:29 (twenty years ago)

Agent Orange (well, Mike Palm) did the suing, but frankly it's all back to Dick Dale at this point.

yeah, I always wondered why some punk band would bother to sue for a trad lick like that. It would be like Brian Wilson suing someone for aping "Surfin' USA."

x-post don't forget "THE VOICE INSIDE MOY 'ED" on the chorus!

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:31 (twenty years ago)

DeLonge was really on some Dick Van Dyke "Step In Toime" shit that day.

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:31 (twenty years ago)

Also, I should say that I think the Offspring's grunge had a lot more in common with Local H's grunge than with, say, Creed's grunge. Even when it was turgid, it was kinda *sprightly.* Sprightly for grunge, anyway. But that's only my opinion.

― xhuxk, Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:31 (twenty years ago)

x-post don't forget "THE VOICE INSIDE MOY 'ED" on the chorus!

by that point in the song I'm used to it. It's just that piercing first entrance in the second verse after the unassuming, near spoken-word first verse that's ridiculously jarring.

and yeah, I'd never call the Offspring turgid (except maybe "Gone Away")

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

you heard "Defy You", GDB?

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

more boring than turgid.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)

what are you AMG moods?

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:35 (twenty years ago)

turgid just isn't a word I use loosely. When I think "turgid," I think Seven Mary Three's "Cumbersome," Creed's "My Sacrifice," the second half of Nirvana's Incesticide. It's pretty much the most damning criticism in the arsenal, reserved for only the most offensive of slow, hookless, deathly rock music.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:37 (twenty years ago)

Ah, see I'll use it for any offensively slow, hookless rock music.

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

And I like "My Sacrifice." The way some people inexplicably (to me) like "Sister Christian."

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:40 (twenty years ago)

yeah, I like "Sister Christian". And some of the early Creed singles are OK-ish ("What's This Life For," ummm...yeah, I guess that's it) and I've sort of come around to "With Arms Wide Open" (makes me smile, if nothing else), but for the most part, they're still synonymous with shitty, hookless, self-importance for a reason.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)

And "Sister Christian" is really only good because of the awesome verse-chorus transition. Without that, I guess you've essentially got a Creed song.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:42 (twenty years ago)

They should have called it "Greatest Hit" and included their only good song (the Cure homage "Miss You"). Har har.

― Matt Carlson (mattsoncarlhew), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:45 (twenty years ago)

"My Sacrifice" is pretty catchy! It's like an angel on steroids.

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:45 (twenty years ago)

Any single immediately following a huge album that opens with "Hello, my friends, we meet again..." gets an extra point. And the video is unbelievable.

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:47 (twenty years ago)

>When I think "turgid," I think Seven Mary Three's "Cumbersome," <

That one was more cumbersome than turgid, I think!

― xhuxk, Thursday, 3 November 2005 22:01 (twenty years ago)

oh, and I like the meaner Wierd Al songs.

Just for you, big man....

http://homepage.mac.com/alexinnyc/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2005-11-03%2010.43.45%20-0800/Image-3568F7614C9811DA.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 3 November 2005 22:03 (twenty years ago)

Any single immediately following a huge album that opens with "Hello, my friends, we meet again..." gets an extra point.

If they'd opened it with "You're wondering who I am (secret! secret! I've got a secret!)" instead, that would've gotten them an extra point.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Thursday, 3 November 2005 22:06 (twenty years ago)

I think the Offspring are making a comeback. I've heard "Gone Away" (or "Self Esteem" but mostly "Gone Away") almost every day on the local alt-rock station - and I only listen to it for 30 minutes a day!

I browsed through the Blink hits on iTunes, and was struck by how I didn't recognize anything after "Adam's Song" at all. "Dammit" remains their last shining, brilliant moment.

― Are You Nomar? (miloaukerman), Thursday, 3 November 2005 22:16 (twenty years ago)

Charlotte's looking all badass!

So what was the occasion, Alex?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 3 November 2005 22:58 (twenty years ago)

>I didn't recognize anything after "Adam's Song" at all.<

yeah, that's exactly how i felt about the best of CD. though i can't honestly say i've been going out of my way to pay attention these past few years.

― xhuxk, Thursday, 3 November 2005 23:09 (twenty years ago)

oddly, i've got a photo of me with weird al somewhere too, stashed in some photo album -- at hershey park, pennsylvania, sometime in the early/mid '90s. i wore a hawaiian shirt for the occasion, and he compimented my roadrunner and wiley coyote tennis shoes.

― xhuxk, Thursday, 3 November 2005 23:11 (twenty years ago)

So what was the occasion, Alex?

The event was last night.. Read about it here.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 3 November 2005 23:14 (twenty years ago)

Honestly, the Blink greatest hits doesn't look too bad, from the tracklist - it just has a few too many songs I don't happen to know. A disc comprised of Josie, Dammit, What's My Age Again, All The Small Things, Adam's Song, Man Overboard, The Rock Show, and I Miss You would be just about perfect although obviously a bit short. Couldn't do a better job of capturing that late-90s, early-2000s period where it wasn't really cool to like Blink-182, but they just kept putting out shit I liked. None of them are really all-time classics (although they've ended up on some year-end best-of lists) except maybe All The Small Things....but they're all basically enjoyable. I will say that "Man Overboard" is tremendously improved if you sing most of the lyrics as "Hello Major Tom / I'm not responding / turn your switches on / Not responding." I can't explain HOW or WHY my old roommate and I hit on that one, but it works.

― Doctor Casino, Friday, 4 November 2005 00:30 (twenty years ago)

Man Overboard is my favourite i think.

― Googley Asearch (Toaster), Friday, 4 November 2005 00:38 (twenty years ago)

KRÆST!

I honestly can´t believe that people are seriously making a case for Offspring here. Komonn, a physics doctor or something posing as a punk. Ler's talk seroiously about Offspring. The worst band in history, yet.

― AET, Friday, 4 November 2005 01:17 (twenty years ago)

How much of a hankerin' you have for Blink 182 is directly proportional to how much you laugh at fart jokes.

Me, I got that stuff out of my system circa 1989, long before pop-punk's heydey, and there's no going back short of an icepick to the frontal lobes.

― Ignatz, Friday, 4 November 2005 21:51 (twenty years ago)

How much of a hankerin' you have for Blink 182 is directly proportional to how much you laugh at fart jokes.

If this was true at one point, it certainly wasn't as of the turn of the millenium.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 4 November 2005 22:00 (twenty years ago)

That's when they became boring VH-1 rock, then.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 4 November 2005 22:16 (twenty years ago)

I like this album.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Friday, 4 November 2005 22:25 (twenty years ago)

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